| 单词 | fair-tongued |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfair-tongued fair-tongued adj. now rare pleasant and charming of speech; spec. (esp. in early use) using flattery for one's own ends. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [adjective] > of words or manners fairOE honeyed1435 glozed1509 fair-tongued1541 fine1568 smoothed1568 smoothinga1592 sugary1591 slicked1594 rose water1598 rose-watered1599 candied1604 soft1609 courtlya1616 smooth-faced1626 oileda1640 blandished1671 sugar1687 fair-spoken1704 smooth-tongued1761 silky1778 pill-gilded1822 blarneyfied1830 greasy1848 blarneyed1861 soothering1866 soothing-syrupy1902 1541 M. Coverdale tr. H. Bullinger Christen State Matrimonye f. ix Whan a wanton and fayre tongued folowe entyceth a damesell from hir mother..what is it els but mene stealinge? 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 327 There is no man more perilous then a flattering faire tongued man, that speaketh out of a hollow heart. 1761 Hist. Proc. Case Margaret 21 You damned, insidious, fair-tongued villain. 1842 F. W. Faber Styrian Lake 345 He is a fair-tongued knight, and yet The earl speaks fair as he. 1898 Aberdeen Weekly Jrnl. 5 Jan. 2/2 He's maybe been fair-tongued to you, for you've held things till 'im. 2009 R. E. Karl in tr. W. Hui End of Revol. (2011) p. ix Mild-mannered and fair-tongued as Wang Hui is as an individual,..his insistence that history matters..seems to irk his critics in unusual ways. < as lemmas |
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